Benjamin Arai <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I was reading the docuementation for 8.3 > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/wal-async-commit.html) and it > states "An immediate-mode shutdown is equivalent to a server crash, and > will therefore cause loss of any unflushed asynchronous commits.". Does > this mean that doing a "shutdown" (centos: /sbin/service postgresql > stop) will be considered a crash? Not unless the initscript uses an immediate-mode shutdown signal, which would be a fairly unfriendly thing for it to do. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
